‘I could not have had better parents' Young Scots soldier’s heartbreaking ‘last letter home’
WW1.The message is among a wealth of handwritten treasures which will be on display at the newly reopened Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Museum at Stirling Castle.Private Vincent Collins, 18, of the 8 th (Argyllshire) Battalion wrote the last letter home to his parents in 1915, the night before his unit moved into the trenches.Tragically, Vincent was wounded on 4 October that year and died from his injuries.The note is in an incredibly fragile condition so to bring it to life the team has created a short film that is being shown on Youtube now.Vincent went to France with The Argylls in May 1915 and in the touching note he expresses concern that he might not survive this spell at the Front.The closing sentence underlines his love for his